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CURRICULUM VITAEJames Allen

Philosophy Department 5931 Hobart StreetUniversity of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15217Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 422 9435(412) 624 [email protected]

Academic Positions:University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Philosophy 2003-presentUniversity of Pittsburgh, Associate Professor of Philosophy 1994-2003University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy 1988-94University of Pittsburgh, Instructor Philosophy 1987-88

Visiting Position:

Philosophy Department, Yale University, Associate Professor 1995

Education:Princeton University, Ph.D.., Philosophy (1988) 1982-7Yale University, B.A. Philosophy, Greek, magna cum laude 1977-81

Honors, Awards and Fellowships:Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship renewed 2002-03Center for Hellenic Studies Fellowship (declined) 1998Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship 1998-99Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow 1990

Junior Faculty Research Grants, University of Pittsburgh, 1989, 1990Whiting Fellowship, Princeton University 1986-87DAAD Scholarship for German language study, Summer 1984Paul Elmer More Fellowship, Princeton University 1982-86

Publications:

Syllogism, Demonstration, and Definition in Aristotles Topicsand PosteriorAnalytics in Essays in Memory of Michael Frede (Oxford Studies in Ancient

PhilosophyXL, Summer 2011), edd. James Allen, Eyjolfur Emillson,Wolfgang-Rainer Mann, Benjamin Morrison, 63-90.

Pyrrhonism and Medicine, in The Cambridge Companion to AncientScepticism, ed. R. Bett (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 232-248.

Greek Philosophy and Signs, in Divination and the Interpretation of Signs in theAncient World, ed. A Annus (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago,2010), 29-42.

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Aristotle on Disciplines of Argument: Rhetoric, Dialectic, Analytic, Rhetorica25(2007), 87-108. (In modern Greek translation, 2008)

Rhetoric and Logic, in A Companion to Greek Rhetoric, ed. I. Worthington (BasilBlackwell, 2007), 350-64.

Dialectic and Virtue in Platos Protagoras, in The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics, ed.B. Reis (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 6-31.

"Ancient Skepticism," "Antiochus of Ascalon," "Arcesilaus," "Carneades"and "Philo of Larissa" in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2ndEdition,ed D. Borchert (MacMillan, 2005).

"The Stoics on the origin of language and the foundations of etymology," inLanguage and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedingsof the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum, ed. D. Frede, B. Inwood (CambridgeUniversity Press, 2005), 14-35.

"Antiochus of Ascalon," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(Spring 2005 Edition),Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL =

"Experience as a Source and Ground of Theory in Epicureanism," in Re-inventions:essays on Hellenistic and early Roman science (Apeiron 37), ed. P. Lang(Academic Printing and Publishing, 2004), 89-106.

"Carneades", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(Fall 2004 Edition), Edward N.Zalta (ed.), URL = .

Inference from signs: ancient debates about the nature of evidence (OxfordUniversity Press, 2001; paperback 2008).

Zur Diskussion: Galen as (mis)informant about the views of his predecessors: Adiscussion of R. J. Hankinson (ed.), Galen on Antecedent Causes (Cambridge,1998)," in Archiv fr Geschichte der Philosophie, 83 (2001), 81-9.

Kunst in Der neue Pauly Lexikon der Antike, Bd. 6, ed. H. Schneider et al.(Metzler, 1999), 915-17. (English translation in Brills New Pauly, 2002-7)

Epicurean Inferences: the Evidence of Philodemus De Signis, inMethod inAncient Philosophy, ed. G. Gentzler (Oxford University Press, 1998), 307-349.

Carneadean argument in Cicero's Academic books inAssent and argument:studies in Cicero's Academic books Proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum,ed. J. Mansfeld, B. Inwood (Brill, 1997), 217-256.

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"Aenesidemus," "Agrippa, " "Arcesilaus," "Lacydes, " "Pyrrho and Pyrrohnism,""Sextus Empiricus," "Timon of Phlius" in The Encyclopedia of ClassicalPhilosophy, ed. D. Zeyl (Greenwood Press, 1997), 6-8, 17, 46-8, 297-8, 463-5,488-90, 562-3.

The Development of Aristotles Logic: part of an account in outline, inProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy11 (1995), 177-

205.

"Academic Probabilism and Stoic Epistemology," Classical Quarterly,N.S. 44 (i)(1994), 85-113.

"Failure and Expertise in the Ancient Conception of an Art," inScientific Failure, ed. A. Janis, T. Horowitz (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993), 83-

110.

"Pyrrhonism and Medical Empiricism: Sextus Empiricus on Evidence and

Inference," in Aufsteig und Niedergang der Rmischen Welt ll, 37, l (De Gruyter,1993), 644-690.

"Stoic Epistemology," in A Companion to Epistemology, ed. J. Dancy and E. Sosa(Basil Blackwell, 1992), 490-493.

"The Skepticism of Sextus Empiricus" in Aufstieg und Niedergang der Rmischen Welt ll36,4 (De Gruyter, 1990), 2582-2607.

Reviews:

Review of Sextus Empiricus: Against the Grammarians, ed. and trans., David Blank,Journal of Hellenic Studies 123(2003), 258.

Review of The Discovery of Things: Aristotle's Categories& TheirContext, W.- R. Mann, The Journal of Philosophy 99 (2002), 329-32.

Review of tudes sur les Philosophies Hellnistiques: Epicurisme, stocisme,scepticisme, J. Brunschwig, Review of Metaphysics205 (1998), 132-4.

Review of The Skeptic Way,ed. and trans. B. Mates and Sextus Empiricus: Outlines ofScepticism,ed. and trans. J. Barnes and J. Annas ThePhilosophical Review107(1998), 151-55.

Forthcoming:

"Galen," inGrundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie Begrndet von FriedrichUeberweg, Die Philosophie der Antike, Band 5: Philosophie der Kaiserzeitund der Sptantike, ed. C. Horn et al.

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Why there are ends of both goods and evils in ancient ethical theory in theFestschrift for Gisela Striker, M. Lee, M Schiefsky (edd.) OUP.

Practical and Theoretical Knowledge in Aristotle Bridging the Gap BetweenAristotle's Science and Ethicsedd. D. Henry and K. Nielsen. CUP.

Aristotle on probability: persuasiveness and likelihood in rhetoric in EIKOS:Probabilities, Hypotheticals, and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought, ed. V.Wohl. CUP.

Galen the Philosopher for the Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy, ed. J.Warren et al. and had it approved by ed. Not sure of publication schedule.

Hellenistic Ethical Theory for the International Encyclopedia of Ethics,Wiley/Blackwell.

Talks:

Univerity of Patras, Conference on teleology, 19-21 June 2011

Harvard University, Conference on the occasion of Gisela Strikersretirement) (6-8 May 2011)

Philosophy Department, University of California Berkeley, 10 Feb. 2011

The Waldorf School, Brooklyn, 13 March 2010

Commentator, University of Toronto Workshop Perceiving Ourselves, 26-28March 2010

Cicero Seminar, Classics Department, University of Toronto 25 November 2009

Faculty Student Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh, 16 April 2009

Workshop Bridging the Gap between Aristotles Science and Ethics, University ofWestern Ontario, 19-21 March 2009.

Conference, Science and Superstition, Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World,Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 6-7 March 2009.

Seminar Presentation, Kings College London, 11 December 2008

Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest, 9 December2008

Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, 20 November 2008

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Seminar presentation, Collaborative Programme in Ancient and MedievalPhilospophy,, University of Toronto, 17 November 2008

Classics Faculty, Cambridge University, Lunchtime series, 11 November 2008

Philosophisches Seminar, Humboldt Universitt zu Berlin, 28 October 2008

Southern Association for Ancient Philosophy, Newnham College, CambridgeUniversity, 18-20 September 2008

Conference on Eduard Zeller, Berlin, 12-14 March 2008

Comments on Julie Ponesse Eastern Division APA convention, Baltimore, 28December 2007

University of Toronto, Philosophy Department 3 May 2007

Comments on Mark Schiefsky, Conference on Plato on the divided soul, Cornell 13-15 October 2006

Philosophy Department, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, 10 May 2006

Philosophy Department, University of Toronto 26 November 2005

Department of Philosophy, McGill Univesity 24-25 September 2005 (two talks)

Conference on Ancient Philosophy and Rhetoric, University of Crete, 29-31 October2004

Conference on Ancient Skepticism, Assos Turkey, 5-9 July 2004

Faculty Student Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh 20 February 2004

Conference on Hellenistic and Early Roman Science, Emory University, 4-5 October2003

Philosophisches Seminar, Humboldt Universitt zu Berlin, 28 January 2002

Philosophisches Seminar, Universitt Bonn, 12 December 2002

Classics Department, Cornell University, 26 April 2002

Philosophy Department, Cornell University, 25 April 2002

Symposium Hellenisticum Hamburg, 23-8 July 2001

Invited Talk, Ancient Logic, Central Division Meeting APA 5 May 2001

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Comments on a paper by Michael Frede, Center for the History and Philosophy ofScience Symposium, Rethymnon, Crete, 26 October 2000

Philosophisches Seminar, Universitt Hamburg, 28 April 1999

Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, Christs College, 8 February 1999

Comments on H. von Staden, Symposium on the History and Philosophy ofGreek Medical traditions from Hippocrates to Harvey, Athens 22 May 1998

Comments on R. Bett, Chicago conference on ancient philosophy, Chicago 26April 1998

Invited talk, APA Eastern meeting, Philadelphia, 28-30 December 1997

Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, Christs College, 27 November 1995

Symposium Hellenisticum, Utrecht, 20-27 August 1995

Department of Philosophy, Yale University, 20 April 1995

Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy Department, HarvardUniversity, December 1, 1994

Comments on paper by Gisela Striker, Conference entitled Methodos, AmherstCollege, 8-10 April 1994

Center for the History and Philosophy of Science Lunchtime Talk, University ofPittsburgh 7 December 1993

Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, 23 January 1992

Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, 22 January 1992

Comments on paper by R. J. Hankinson, Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy,Princeton University, 7 December 1991

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley,31 January 1991

Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Central Meeting of theAmerican Philosophical Association, Chicago, 28 April 1989

Workshop on Scientific Failure, University of Pittsburgh, 23 April 1988

Referee:

Oxford University PressAncient Philosophy

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Annals of ScienceArchiv fr Geschichte der PhilosophieHistory and Philosophy of Logic

Oxford Studies in Ancient PhilosophyPhilosophical QuarterlyFoundations of the Formal Sciences

Dissertation supervision:

Director: David Berger, Timothy Greenfield, Nic Thorne

Committee member: Keith Bemer (2ndreader), Gregory Salmieri(2ndreader), GregoryGates, Hans Lottenbach, Mark Holowchak, Paul Muench, Katharine Nolan, StevenQuevedo, John Quilter, Heike Sefrin-Weiss, Jakovos Vasiliou, Christopher Williams,Sara Worley

Departmental Office:

2010-11 Chair Admissions Committee


2004-08 Chair


2001-02 Member Admissions Committee




1996-97 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Undergraduate advisor,Judge of Bennett and Reiser prize competitions, member ad hoccommittee to study research equivalency

1995-96 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

1991-92 Member, Graduate Committee1990-91 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

1989-90 Member, Junior Faculty Search Committee

1988-89 Chair, Admissions Committee

1987-88 Undergraduate advisor and advisor to the Philosophy Club

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University Service:

2003-4 Member, Promtion Committee, Communications Department

2001-4 Director, Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Sciences

1997-98 Tenure council service

1996-97 Tenure Council alternate member



Member, Provosts and Humanities Fellowship Committee

Member, Lawler Fellowship Committee

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